The Centre for Culture and Tranference of Technology, part of the Communications Bureau at the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), is presenting an expo exhibiting technological creations from the 1950′s, that were used by ICE. The name of the exhibit is “Living Collections”, and presents the identity of the ICE through objects and robots built [...]
Miguel Ángel Rodriguez Echeverria has been sentenced to five years in prison as instigator of aggravated corruption in the ICE-Alcatel case, and has been barred from holding a public office for the next twelve years.
The Superintendent of Telecommunications (SUTEL) is the entity responsible for regulating telecommunication services and last week they made a technical recommendation to the Executive Branch to concede cellular bands for mobile phones to the private companies Claro and Telefónica. The document was issued three days before the deadline and only two days after finding out [...]
Although the plan is to grant cell phone frequencies to three private firms, only two companies – America Movil and Telefónica – presented their bids for participation in the auction today. The technical bids submitted this morning by Claro (of America Movil) and Telefónica (the Spanish giant) will be available for public consultation, starting tomorrow (Dec. 15) [...]
by VARGAS NAYURIBE To be sure that the new 3G phone users have sufficient funds to pay their Kölbi plans each month, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) has begun to request proof of income to those who acquire the service. Kölbi plans consist of the cell phone and the ability to send and receive [...]
by MERCEDES R. AGUERO According to ICE’s Expansion of Electricity Generation Plan for 2010-2021, next year and through 2016 ICE will operate at least 14 more power plants. These generators would increase from 2400 to 4018 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity in the country. According to the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), the contribution of [...]
by TCRN Staff The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has once again postponed the sale of prepaid cell lines to late March early April. Originally they had announced in February to begin the marketing of 110,000 GSM connections, but it did not however those interested in obtaining one of these services can be entered on [...]
by TCRN Staff The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) reported that the new San Jose-Caldera highway is covered by the new 3G cellular network for 90% of the trip. To achieve this level of signal penetration, ICE placed several “node Bs” along the 80 km route. These nodes are the equivalent of radio base stations [...]
by TCRN Staff The Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) are calling on its subscribers to save energy during this dry season, before we see a decline in water levels of the major reservoirs. Greivin Mayorga, deputy electricity ICE, said: “We manage our reservoirs and plan to maintain the safety levels for the critical months of [...]
By TCRN Staff The ICE cell phone customers who paid a fee for their TDMA line greater than ¢ 12,500, are entitled to to a refund of the difference when moving to the 3G network. When dealing with migration to new technology, users must fill out a form with personal details including account number where [...]
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